The Measure of All Things by Ken Alder

The Measure of All Things

Ken Alder

466 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
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In this "entirely enthralling and beautifully written book" (Simon Winchester), Alder tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce the world's common language of measurement--the metri...

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